Laura Bootham

The Far North District Council is hailing a new rates model as a gamechanger and says it will slash the tens of millions of dollars owed by Maori. Audio

The Manu Korihi news team brings you highlights of the week's Maori news, including; most of Wellington region's grassroots Māori oppose the plan for a supercity, the government's been told the Treaty… Audio

An iwi-owned company has landed a new deal to supply Dubai with emergency food pouches. The wealthy Arab emirate is buying relief packs from New Zealand to dispatch to countries hit by disasters. From… Audio

A founding member of Te Wananga o Aotearoa says the institute's faced huge challenges - including being forced to build its headquarters on a rubbish tip. The Education Minister, Hekia Parata, says… Audio

The Fonterra milk co-operative model that's created billions of dollars for farmers is being proposed for Maori-owned forestry. Audio

A Maori eeling business is warning that the silt killing Christchurch's eels will do irreversabile damage unless the sediment is removed urgently. Audio

A lawyer representing Maori in water rights cases says much of the blame for the controversy over freshwater rights rest squarely on the shoulders of Local Government. Audio

Inquiries into some partnership schools reveals a diverse appraoch to Maori education; A life-sized sculpture unveiled this morning is said to represent a challenge to descendants from a kaumatua, who… Audio

Vice-chancellors say they're shocked by a big drop in the number of Maori who are making it into university. Audio

On March 25th this year, the official dawn blessing ceremony took place at the Pukeahu National War Memorial park, Buckle Street in Wellington. Built above the Arras Tunnel, the park provides a space… Audio

The Manu Korihi news team brings you highlights of the week's Maori news, including a Maori rights movement gets behind an Aboriginal campaign, a Wairarapa iwi supports the creation of a supercity… Audio

Māori researchers say the Crown has adopted Māori concepts to fit its own agenda. Audio

After decades of suffering, Ngâti Hineuru says it's retrieved some of its lost mana with recognition by the Crown of its breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. Audio

The former MP for Te Tai Tokerau, Hone Harawira, is accusing the government of similar tactics to Australia's, which is proposing to shut down remote Aboriginal communities; The South Taranaki is now… Audio

The former MP for Te Tai Tokerau, Hone Harawira, is accusing the government of similar tactics to the Australian government, which is proposing to shut down remote Aboriginal communities. Audio

A South Taranaki tribe has accepted an apology from the Crown in Hokitika for illegally detaining their ancestors without trial; The Auckland Council says only 36 bids to carry out work on sites of… Audio

Crown is presenting an official apology to a South Taranaki tribe today in Hokitika; A Maori researcher says the threat of shutting down remote Aboriginal communities impinges on the rights of all… Audio

A Maori researcher says the threat of shutting down remote Aboriginal communities impinges on the rights of all indigenous people; A reveiw into mining tests at Karangahake has found the activities… Audio

The organisation representing the country's Maori principals is critical of the Government's flagship education scheme; Arrangements are underway to bring a fragile Maori flag back from Scotland to… Audio

The organisation representing Maori principals is critical of the Government's flagship education scheme, describing it as a 'one-size-fits-all' policy. Te Akatea New Zealand Maori Principals says the… Audio